Schwartz, Allyson Y. (Allyson Young), 1948-

Allyson Young Schwartz (born October 3, 1948) is an American health care executive and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 2005 to 2015.

Born Allyson Young in Queens, New York, she graduated from the Calhoun School, on the Upper West Side of New York City, in 1966 and then enrolled at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Simmons in 1970 before earning a Master of Social Work degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1972. She worked as assistant director of the Philadelphia Health Services Department from 1972 to 1975, and executive director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Center, a reproductive health clinic in Philadelphia, from 1975 to 1988. She was appointed deputy commissioner of Philadelphia’s human service department by Mayor Wilson Goode in 1988. In 1990 Schwartz won a seat in the state senate after defeating a 12-year incumbent from northern Philadelphia. In Harrisburg, Schwartz concentrated on public health policy. In 2004, Schwartz abandoned her plans to run for Pennsylvania Auditor General to run for the U.S. House from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. After narrowly winning the Democratic primary, Schwartz easily won election.

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